Saturday, June 15, 2013

All photos were taken this
morning: Above: Pre-dawn - On the top of the older sea wall: ocean entry on the left and a small surface breakout from the
lave tube feeding it. (As always, you can click on any image and it opens into a page will all the photos larger; click a little black X in the upper right of that page to return here.)

[EDIT: September 10, 2013 -- Lava is no longer entering the ocean or even flowing on the coastal plain for the last week and a bit. Molten lava is flowing on the north side of Pu`u O`o crater in a very remote region. The lava tubes leading south towards the ocean remain hot inside and could rupture open again anytime.Previous edit: August 21, 2013: Little has changed with eruption activity since this posting two months ago.For daily eruption updates you can always check the USGS/HVO website here ]

Original post continued:

For nearly six months now the
current eruption out the south flank of Pu`u O`o crater has been entering the
ocean three miles southwest of Kalapana Gardens subdivision.

The ocean entry scene has
remained nearly the same for months; a small lava bench builds out and keeps
breaking off, random surface breakouts from the sealed over delivery tubes come
and go, entry points are usually at two main places – occasionally there are
more.

Below is a short video of the current ocean entry lava flow: (Full HD version on YouTube; click their icon when the vid starts)

OKAY – ABOUT THE MOVIE:

‘When The Mountain Comes To You’

Yes it is way overdue from
when I predicted (several times) it would be all done. All of you
wonderful Hawaiian Lava Daily blog readers who so kindly supported me on this movie will be receiving a handcrafted DVD version of the final draft. As of now, these have all
been mailed out and should arrive at whatever speed the snail can travel. If
you did contribute but don’t receive a copy within a couple weeks (US) then
email me and I’ll get one out to you. Outside the US will take a little longer.

Also, with most of the DVD’s I
sent have a letter and a page about offering me feedback on the pluses and
minuses of the movie as you see it. (Please forgive my use of the ‘you’re’
instead of ‘your’ in the big, bold, heading line!) I will still have one more chance to tweak the film before commercial production begins.

These question-answer forms
are not meant for you to PO mail back, but to give you the idea. Just email me
when you get it and I’ll email back the questions for easier exchange.

I don’t have any DVD’s of the
movie available for sale yet, but when I do I’ll post that on here. I still
need to finish the licensing of the movie music before I can commercially do a
large printing, or do film festivals etc. But I am on it!

This will be my last blog
post for some months; I am off on a big adventure and more filming that is not
molten rock… Unless Pele does something outrageous and for a long enough time
for me to fly back for that … There is always Mauna Loa …

LEIGH'S NEW DIGS!

About Me

Before retiring this blog my intentions for it were:
I love sharing what is happening here on the Big Island, especially the on-going lava flow and reporting on serious changes in the weather and surf conditions. When I am on-the-ball I offer daily reports (less often during stagnant or non-event times) of these and other Big Island events.
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If you would be interested in seeing my photography of molten lava, surfing and a bunch of other things I point my camera at, visit my photo galleries here: Leigh Hilbert Photography ---------
To view some of my video of the lava flows check out my YouTube website channel; KumukahiHawk
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To hear radio interviews of me talking about the lava flow you can look for the titles & links along the right side of the main page.
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To absorb some of the amazing lava action of the past few years just look through the BLOG ARCHIVES further down this page for the many first-hand accounts, lava photos, videos and stories,
Aloha,
Leigh

COPYRIGHT NOTICE

All images and video posted on Hawaiian Lava Daily are copyright of Leigh Hilbert Photography unless otherwise labeled. Use of images or video in any form must be by written permission and/or license from Leigh Hilbert.

Contact Leigh with inquiries at: lavalee808@gmail.com

ALSO: LICENSED DIGITAL DOWNLOADS available on my photography site- click the text to open the gallery and select image desired and follow prompts.

Hana Hou! Magazine story

HanaHou! - the Hawaiian Airlines inflight magazine, published an article on Jack Thompson's life and challenges as the last man standing when the lava finally takes his home. This was in their August/September 2012 edition. They have a condensed version on their WEBSITE. My photos are featured. The photos used in my account of events that day

TV interview - 2 1/2 minutes

2012 radio interview

If you have some time or the interest, Kim McMillon, a host on 'Arts In The Valley' (website linked here) is also a California AM radio station that did an interview with me covering questions about my lava videography & photography, Kilauea history and of my involvement with Jack Thompson and the story of his home lost to lava. The segment is about twenty minutes long:The Interview on mp3